While planning a journey, especially long trips or those taking you to far-off destinations, early planning is important. For the past few years, Google has offered a convenient route-planning feature ...

Create custom walking paths ahead of your next outdoor excursion. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can get rich topographical hiking maps of local trails and U.S. national parks on your iPhone, ...

With iOS 18, iPhone users can download hikes or create their own in Apple's mapping app. Here's how to find your next route, and stay on track even when there's no cell signal. I've written for ...

One of the most underrated ways Google Maps makes commuting less stressful is that it reroutes in real time. For instance, it ...

Interested in creating your own custom Google Maps with detailed routes, directions, and points of interest? We’ll show you how to make one in just a few clicks. Editorial Note: Talk Android may ...

To save a route on Google Maps using your mobile device, follow these steps: Viewing Pinned Routes: Open Google Maps and tap the "Go" tab at the bottom. Here, you will see all your pinned routes. Tap ...

As an Android smartphone owner and Android Auto user, I rely on Google Maps for my daily commute. I hate driving in traffic, and as my luck would have it, my hometown is among the most congested on ...

Just months after naming AllTrails the iPhone App of the Year in 2023, Apple has added new hiking features of its own to the Maps app on iOS 18. Apple Maps users in the U.S. can browse thousands of ...

Google Maps makes navigating to your destination easy, and Android Auto makes that even easier while you’re behind the wheel. But if you’re trying to look ahead, there’s a handy little trick that lets ...

Google Maps is the most popular app with more than a billion active users monthly. It uses various icons and symbols to represent various places. Every symbol and icon used on Google Maps and what ...

A frustrating bug in Google Maps for CarPlay has left users without the typical route preview before starting turn-by-turn navigation – thankfully, it’s been fixed. If you’re a Google Maps user on ...